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Zhang J, Han H, Li Z, Kong D, Kong J, Zhang A, Zhang J, Shang Y, Zhao Z, Liu M. Luminal B-Subtype Associates With Lower Survival Among Breast Cancer Patients Regardless of Postsurgery Radiation Therapy Administered. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mafra DL, Ming T, Kong J. Facile graphene transfer directly to target substrates with a reusable metal catalyst. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:14807-14812. [PMID: 26289387 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr03892h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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High-throughput, roll-to-roll growth and transferring of high-quality, large-area chemical vapor deposited (CVD) graphene directly onto a target substrate with a reusable metal catalyst is an enabling technology for flexible optoelectronics. We explore the direct transfer via hot lamination of CVD graphene onto a flexible substrate, followed by electrochemical delamination (bubble transfer) of the graphene. The transfer method investigated here does not require any intermediate transfer layer and allows the copper to be reused, which will reduce the production cost and avoid the generation of chemical waste. Such integration is one necessary step forward toward the economical and industrial scale production of graphene. Our method bares promise in various applications. As an example, we fabricated flexible solution-gated graphene field-effect-transistors, which exhibited transconductance as high as 200 μS.
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Kong J, Rose AH, Yang C, Wu X, Merlo JM, Burns MJ, Naughton MJ, Kempa K. Hot electron plasmon-protected solar cell. OPTICS EXPRESS 2015; 23:A1087-A1095. [PMID: 26406739 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.0a1087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A solar cell based on a hot electron plasmon protection effect is proposed and made plausible by simulations, non-local modeling of the response, and quantum mechanical calculations. In this cell, a thin-film, plasmonic metamaterial structure acts as both an efficient photon absorber in the visible frequency range and a plasmonic resonator in the IR range, the latter of which absorbs and protects against phonon emission the free energy of the hot electrons in an adjacent semiconductor junction. We show that in this structure, electron-plasmon scattering is much more efficient than electron-phonon scattering in cooling-off hot electrons, and the plasmon-stored energy is recoverable as an additional cell voltage. The proposed structure could become a prototype of a new generation of high efficiency solar cells.
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Kong J, Chalcraft K, Mandur TS, Jimenez-Saiz R, Walker TD, Goncharova S, Gordon ME, Naji L, Flader K, Larché M, Chu DK, Waserman S, McCarry B, Jordana M. Comprehensive metabolomics identifies the alarmin uric acid as a critical signal for the induction of peanut allergy. Allergy 2015; 70:495-505. [PMID: 25647422 DOI: 10.1111/all.12579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Food allergy, in particular peanut allergy, is a growing concern in Western countries. The prevalence of allergy to peanut, which currently stands at 1.4%, nearly tripled between 1997 and 2008. Allergic sensitization is a particularly difficult process to study as it is clinically silent. We sought to identify key pathways and mediators critically involved in the induction of allergic sensitization to peanut. METHODS Comprehensive metabolomics analysis with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to detect metabolite changes in mice (C57BL/6) undergoing sensitization. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function studies were performed in mice subjected to two models of peanut sensitization and anaphylaxis that involved either oral or epicutaneous sensitization. Flow cytometric analyses on dendritic cells (DCs) in vitro and in vivo were used to investigate the mechanisms of immune activation. RESULTS Elevated levels of uric acid (UA) were detected in mice undergoing sensitization as well as in peanut-allergic children who were not challenged with peanut. In mice, the depletion of UA during sensitization prevented the development of peanut-specific immunoglobulins IgE and IgG1 as well as anaphylaxis while exogenous delivery of UA crystals (monosodium urate, MSU) restored the allergic phenotype. Monosodium urate enhanced CD86 and OX40L expression on DCs, independent of Toll-like receptors 2 and 4, the NLRP3 inflammasome, and IL-1β, via a PI3K signaling pathway. CONCLUSION Overproduction of the UA alarmin in the local microenvironment plays a critical role in the induction of peanut-allergic sensitization, likely due to its ability to activate DCs. These finding suggest that cellular damage or tissue injury may be an essential requisite for the development of allergic sensitization to foods.
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Lu WW, Wang Y, Wang T, Kong J. The global regulator CodY in Streptococcus thermophilus controls the metabolic network for escalating growth in the milk environment. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:2349-58. [PMID: 25616791 PMCID: PMC4357943 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03361-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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CodY is a transcriptional regulator conserved in the low-GC group of Gram-positive bacteria. In this work, we demonstrated the presence in Streptococcus thermophilus ST2017 of a functional member of the CodY family of global regulatory proteins, S. thermophilus CodY (CodYSt). The CodYSt regulon was identified by transcriptome analysis; it consisted predominantly of genes involved in amino acid metabolism but also included genes involved in several other cellular processes, including carbon metabolism, nutrient transport, and stress response. It was revealed that CodYSt repressed the transformation of the central metabolic pathway to amino acid metabolism and improved lactose utilization. Furthermore, the glutamate dehydrogenase gene (gdhA), repressed by CodYSt, was suggested to coordinate the interconversion between carbon metabolism and amino acid metabolism and to play an important role on the optimal growth of S. thermophilus ST2017 in milk. A conserved CodYSt box [AA(T/A)(A/T)TTCTGA(A/C)AATT] was indeed required for in vitro binding of CodYSt to the target regions of DNA. These results provided evidence for the function of CodYSt, by which this strain coordinately regulates its various metabolic pathways so as to adapt to the milk environment.
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Roudaki A, Kong J, Yu N. A classification of web browsing on mobile devices. JOURNAL OF VISUAL LANGUAGES AND COMPUTING 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvlc.2014.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lyubetska H, Zhang L, Kong J, Vrontakis M. An elevated level of circulating galanin promotes developmental expression of myelin basic protein in the mouse brain. Neuroscience 2015; 284:581-589. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hua GF, Zhao ZW, Kong J, Guo R, Zeng YT, Zhao LF, Zhu QD. Effects of plant roots on the hydraulic performance during the clogging process in mesocosm vertical flow constructed wetlands. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:13017-13026. [PMID: 24994107 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3249-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of plant roots (Typha angustifolia roots) on the hydraulic performance during the clogging process from the perspective of time and space distributions in mesocosm vertical flow-constructed wetlands with coarse sand matrix. For this purpose, a pair of lab-scale experiments was conducted to compare planted and unplanted systems by measuring the effective porosity and hydraulic conductivity of the substrate within different operation periods. Furthermore, the flow pattern of the clogging process in the planted and unplanted wetland systems were evaluated by their hydraulic performance (e.g., mean residence time, short circuiting, volumetric efficiency, number of continuously stirred tank reactors, and hydraulic efficiency factor) in salt tracer experiments. The results showed that the flow conditions would change in different clogging stages, which indicated that plants played different roles related to time and space. In the early clogging stages, plant roots restricted the flow of water, while in the middle and later clogging stages, especially the later stage, growing roots opened new pore spaces in the substrate. The roots played an important role in affecting the hydraulic performance in the upper layer (0-30 cm) where the sand matrix had a larger root volume fraction. Finally, the causes of the controversy over plant roots' effects on clogging were discussed. The results helped further understand the effects of plant roots on hydraulic performance during the clogging process.
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Mukherjee S, Chen G, Kong J, Brat D. SC-21 * TRIM3, A HUMAN ORTHOLOG OF DROSOPHILA BRAT, MAINTAINS ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION OF GLIOMA STEM CELLS BY REGULATING c-MYC AND NOTCH1. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou275.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Mishra A, Kong J, Brat D. CS-23 * DEFINING THE NETWORKS AND INTERSECTION OF EGFR AMPLIFICATION AND NFKBIA DELETION IN HUMAN GLIOMA. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou242.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lui CH, Frenzel AJ, Pilon DV, Lee YH, Ling X, Akselrod GM, Kong J, Gedik N. Trion-induced negative photoconductivity in monolayer MoS2. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:166801. [PMID: 25361273 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.166801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Optical excitation typically enhances electrical conduction and low-frequency radiation absorption in semiconductors. We, however, observe a pronounced transient decrease of conductivity in doped monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS(2)), a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor, using ultrafast optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy. In particular, the conductivity is reduced to only 30% of its equilibrium value at high pump fluence. This anomalous phenomenon arises from the strong many-body interactions in the 2D system, where photoexcited electron-hole pairs join the doping-induced charges to form trions, bound states of two electrons and one hole. The resultant increase of the carrier effective mass substantially diminishes the conductivity.
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Kita M, Fox RJ, Gold R, Giovannoni G, Phillips JT, Sarda SP, Kong J, Viglietta V, Sheikh SI, Okwuokenye M, Kappos L. Effects of delayed-release dimethyl fumarate (DMF) on health-related quality of life in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: an integrated analysis of the phase 3 DEFINE and CONFIRM studies. Clin Ther 2014; 36:1958-1971. [PMID: 25315404 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2014.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Revised: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE Delayed-release dimethyl fumarate (DMF; also known as gastro-resistant DMF) has been reported to have clinical and neuroradiologic efficacy in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in the Phase 3 DEFINE and CONFIRM studies. An integrated analysis of data from DEFINE and CONFIRM was conducted to estimate more precisely the therapeutic effects of delayed-release DMF. Here we describe the impact of RRMS on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at baseline and assess the effects of delayed-release DMF on prespecified HRQoL end points over 2 years. METHODS Patients with RRMS were randomly assigned to receive delayed-release DMF 240 mg PO BID or TID or matching placebo for up to 2 years (96 weeks). As a tertiary end point in both studies, patient-reported HRQoL was assessed using the Physical and Mental Component Summaries (PCS and MCS, respectively) of the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36); global assessment of well-being, as measured on a visual analog scale (VAS); and the EuroQoL-5D (EQ-5D) VAS, administered at baseline and at weeks 24, 48, and 96. Higher scores suggested better HRQoL. FINDINGS The integrated analysis included 2301 patients treated with delayed-release DMF BID (n = 769) or TID (n = 761) or placebo (n = 771). The mean PCS and MCS scores at baseline were lower overall compared with those reported in the general US population and were ≥5 points lower (a clinically meaningful difference) in patients with a baseline Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of ≥2.5 compared with those in patients with a baseline EDSS score of 0. At 2 years, mean PCS and MCS scores were increased from baseline in the patients treated with delayed-release DMF, whereas the mean PCS and MCS scores were decreased from baseline in the placebo group; the difference in PCS and MCS scores was significant for the delayed-release DMF BID and TID groups compared with placebo. SF-36 subscale scores generally remained stable or were improved relative to baseline in patients treated with delayed-release DMF and decreased in patients receiving placebo; improvements were significant for delayed-release DMF BID and TID versus placebo on most subscales. Compared with that in the placebo group, the proportions of patients in the delayed-release DMF groups exhibiting a ≥5-point improvement in SF-36 score were significantly higher. The following factors were found to be predictive of improved PCS and MCS scores at 2 years: delayed-release DMF treatment, lower baseline EDSS score, age ≤40 years (PCS only), and corresponding lower baseline PCS or MCS score. Changes from baseline in VAS and EuroQoL-5D scores were generally consistent with changes in SF-36 scores. IMPLICATIONS These HRQoL benefits parallel the improvements in clinical and magnetic resonance imaging end points with delayed-release DMF, suggesting that delayed-release DMF treatment improves patient-perceived health status as well as neurologic and physical functioning. ClinicalTrials.gov identifiers: NCT0042012; NCT00451451.
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Frenzel AJ, Lui CH, Shin YC, Kong J, Gedik N. Semiconducting-to-metallic photoconductivity crossover and temperature-dependent Drude weight in graphene. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:056602. [PMID: 25126929 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.056602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We investigate the transient photoconductivity of graphene at various gate-tuned carrier densities by optical-pump terahertz-probe spectroscopy. We demonstrate that graphene exhibits semiconducting positive photoconductivity near zero carrier density, which crosses over to metallic negative photoconductivity at high carrier density. These observations can be accounted for by the interplay between photoinduced changes of both the Drude weight and carrier scattering rate. Our findings provide a complete picture to explain the opposite photoconductivity behavior reported in (undoped) graphene grown epitaxially and (doped) graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition. Notably, we observe nonmonotonic fluence dependence of the photoconductivity at low carrier density. This behavior reveals the nonmonotonic temperature dependence of the Drude weight in graphene, a unique property of two-dimensional massless Dirac fermions.
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Xu F, Zhang H, Su Y, Kong J, Yu H, Qian B. Up-regulation of microRNA-183-3p is a potent prognostic marker for lung adenocarcinoma of female non-smokers. Clin Transl Oncol 2014; 16:980-5. [PMID: 24805982 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-014-1183-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Lung cancer in never smokers presents predominately as adenocarcinoma and in females. MicroRNA-183 (miR-183) has various expression patterns in types of human cancers. In the present study, we evaluated the expression of miR-183-3p in female lung adenocarcinoma and adjacent noncancerous tissues and explored its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis. METHODS In the present study, a hundred female nonsmoking patients who were newly diagnosed and histologically confirmed as lung adenocarcinoma at Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital were included. miR-183-3p expression of surgically removed NSCLC tissues and their corresponding normal lung tissues was measured by qRT-PCR assay. Associations of miR-183-3p expression with clinicopathological features were determined using the Student's t test. Log-rank test, and Cox proportional hazards model were used for survival analysis. RESULTS At first, miR-183-3p was up-regulated in lung cancer tissues when compared with the corresponding noncancerous lung tissues. Moreover, the expression of miR-183-3p in tumor tissue was found to be associated with lymph node metastasis (P = 0.043), clinical stage (P = 0.015), and EGFR mutation (P = 0.003). At last, high miR-183-3p expression was also associated with both poor overall survival and progression-free survival of women with lung adenocarcinoma (P = 0.005 and P = 0.010, respectively). CONCLUSION This study suggested that miR-183-3p expression might be involved in lung cancer pathogenesis and progression, and could be used as a potential prognostic biomarker of female lung adenocarcinoma.
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Schachtner T, Reinke P, Dorje C, Mjoen G, Midtvedt K, Strom EH, Oyen O, Jenssen T, Reisaeter AV, Smedbraaten YV, Sagedal S, Mjoen G, Fagerland MW, Hartmann A, Thiel S, Zulkarnaev A, Vatazin A, Vincenti F, Harel E, Kantor A, Thurison T, Hoyer-Hansen G, Craik C, Kute VB, Shah PS, Vanikar AV, Modi PR, Shah PR, Gumber MR, Patel HV, Engineer DP, Shah VR, Rizvi J, Trivedi HL, Malheiro J, Dias L, Martins LS, Fonseca I, Pedroso S, Almeida M, Castro-Henriques A, Cabrita A, Costa C, Ritta M, Sinesi F, Sidoti F, Mantovani S, Di Nauta A, Messina M, Cavallo R, Verflova A, Svobodova E, Slatinska J, Slavcev A, Pokorna E, Viklicky O, Yagan J, Chandraker A, Messina M, Diena D, Tognarelli G, Ranghino A, Bussolino S, Fop F, Segoloni GP, Biancone L, Leone F, Mauro MV, Gigliotti P, Lofaro D, Greco F, Perugini D, Papalia T, Perri A, Vizza D, Giraldi C, Bonofilgio R, Luis-Lima S, Marrero D, Gonzalez-Rinne A, Torres A, Salido E, Jimenez-Sosa A, Aldea-Perona A, Gonzalez-Posada JM, Perez-Tamajon L, Rodriguez-Hernandez A, Negrin-Mena N, Porrini E, Mjoen G, Pihlstrom H, Dahle DO, Holdaas H, Von Der Lippe N, Waldum B, Brekke F, Amro A, Reisaeter AV, Os I, Klin P, Sanabria H, Bridoux P, De Francesco J, Fortunato RM, Raffaele P, Kong J, Son SH, Kwon HY, Whang EJ, Choi WY, Yoon CS, Thanaraj V, Theakstone A, Stopper K, Ferraro A, Bhattacharjya S, Devonald M, Williams A, Mella A, Messina M, Gallo E, Fop F, Di Vico MC, Diena D, Pagani F, Gai M, Ranghino A, Segoloni GP, Biancone L, Cho HJ, Nho KW, Park SK, Kim SB, Yoshida K, Ishii D, Ohyama T, Kohguchi D, Takeuchi Y, Varga A, Sandor B, Kalmar-Nagy K, Toth A, Toth K, Szakaly P, Zulkarnaev A, Vatazin A, Kildushevsky A, Fedulkina V, Kantaria R, Staeck O, Halleck F, Rissling O, Naik M, Neumayer HH, Budde K, Khadzhynov D, Bhadauria D, Kaul A, Prasad N, Sharma RK, Sezer S, Bal Z, Erkmen Uyar M, Guliyev O, Erdemir B, Colak T, Ozdemir N, Haberal M, Caliskan Y, Yazici H, Artan AS, Oto OA, Aysuna N, Bozfakioglu S, Turkmen A, Yildiz A, Sever MS, Yagisawa T, Nukui A, Kimura T, Nannmoku K, Kurosawa A, Sakuma Y, Miki A, Damiano F, Ligabue G, De Biasi S, Granito M, Cossarizza A, Cappelli G, Martins LS, Fonseca I, Malheiro J, Henriques AC, Pedroso S, Almeida M, Dias L, Davide J, Cabrita A, Von During ME, Jenssen TG, Bollerslev J, Godang K, Asberg A, Hartmann A, Bachelet T, Martinez C, Bello A, Kejji S, Couzi L, Guidicelli G, Lepreux S, Visentin J, Congy-Jolivet N, Rostaing L, Taupin JL, Kamar N, Merville P, Sezer S, Bal Z, Erkmen Uyar M, Ozdemir H, Guliyev O, Yildirim S, Tutal E, Ozdemir N, Haberal M, Sezer S, Erkmen Uyar M, Bal Z, Guliyev O, Sayin B, Colak T, Ozdemir Acar N, Haberal M, Banasik M, Boratynska M, Koscielska-Kasprzak K, Kaminska D, Bartoszek D, Mazanowska O, Krajewska M, Zmonarski S, Chudoba P, Dawiskiba T, Protasiewicz M, Halon A, Sas A, Kaminska M, Klinger M, Stefanovic N, Cvetkovic T, Velickovic - Radovanovic R, Jevtovic - Stoimenov T, Vlahovic P, Rungta R, Das P, Ray DS, Gupta S, Kolonko A, Szotowska M, Kuczera P, Chudek J, Wiecek A, Sikora-Grabka E, Adamczak M, Szotowska M, Kuczera P, Madej P, Wiecek A, Amanova A, Kendi Celebi Z, Bakar F, Caglayan MG, Keven K, Massimetti C, Imperato G, Zampi G, De Vincenzi A, Fabbri GDD, Brescia F, Feriozzi S, Filipov JJ, Zlatkov BK, Dimitrov EP, Svinarov DA, Poesen R, De Vusser K, Evenepoel P, Kuypers D, Naesens M, Meijers B, Kocak H, Yilmaz VT, Yilmaz F, Uslu HB, Aliosmanoglu I, Ermis H, Dinckan A, Cetinkaya R, Ersoy FF, Suleymanlar G, Fonseca I, Oliveira JC, Santos J, Martins LS, Almeida M, Dias L, Pedroso S, Lobato L, Castro-Henriques A, Mendonca D, Watarai Y, Yamamoto T, Tsujita M, Hiramitsu T, Goto N, Narumi S, Kobayashi T, Dahle DO, Holdaas H, Reisaeter AV, Dorje C, Mjoen G, Line PD, Hartmann A, Housawi A, House A, Ng C, Denesyk K, Rehman F, Moist L, Musetti C, Battista M, Izzo C, Guglielmetti G, Airoldi A, Stratta P, Musetti C, Cena T, Quaglia M, Fenoglio R, Cagna D, Airoldi A, Amoroso A, Stratta P, Palmisano A, Degli Antoni AM, Vaglio A, Piotti G, Cremaschi E, Buzio C, Maggiore U, Lee MC, Hsu BG, Zalamea Jarrin F, Sanchez Sobrino B, Lafuente Covarrubias O, Karsten Alvarez S, Dominguez Apinaniz P, Llopez Carratala R, Portoles Perez J, Yildirim T, Yilmaz R, Turkmen E, Altindal M, Arici M, Altun B, Erdem Y, Dounousi E, Mitsis M, Naka K, Pappas H, Lakkas L, Harisis H, Pappas K, Koutlas V, Tzalavra I, Spanos G, Michalis L, Siamopoulos K, Iwabuchi T, Yagisawa T, Kimura T, Nanmoku K, Kurosawa A, Yasunaru S, Lee MC, Hsu BG, Yoshikawa M, Kitamura K, Fuji H, Fujisawa M, Nishi S, Carta P, Zanazzi M, Buti E, Larti A, Caroti L, Di Maria L, Minetti EE, Shi Y, Luo L, Cai B, Wang T, Zou Y, Wang L, Kim Y, Kim HS, Choi BS, Park CW, Yang CW, Kim YS, Chung BH, Baek CH, Kim M, Kim JS, Yang WS, Han DJ, Park SK, Mikolasevic I, Racki S, Lukenda V, Persic MP, Colic M, Devcic B, Orlic L, Sezer S, Gurlek Demirci B, Guliyev O, Colak T, Say N CB, Ozdemir Acar FN, Haberal M, Vali S, Ismal K, Sahay M, Civiletti F, Cantaluppi V, Medica D, Mazzeo AT, Assenzio B, Mastromauro I, Deambrosis I, Giaretta F, Fanelli V, Mascia L, Musetti C, Airoldi A, Quaglia M, Guglielmetti G, Battista M, Izzo C, Stratta P, Lakkas L, Naka K, Dounousi E, Koutlas V, Gkirdis I, Bechlioulis A, Evangelou D, Zarzoulas F, Kotsia A, Balafa O, Tzeltzes G, Nakas G, Pappas K, Kalaitzidis R, Katsouras C, Michalis L, Siamopoulos K, Tutal E, Erkmen Uyar M, Uyanik S, Bal Z, Guliyev O, Toprak SK, Ilhan O, Sezer S, Bal Z, Ekmen Uyar M, Guliyev O, Sayin B, Colak T, Sezer S, Haberal M, Hernandez Vargas H, Artamendi Larranaga M, Ramalle Gomara E, Gil Catalinas F, Bello Ovalle A, Pimentel Guzman G, Coloma Lopez A, Sierra Carpio M, Gil Paraiso A, Dall Anesse C, Beired Val I, Huarte Loza E, Choy BY, Kwan L, Mok M, Chan TM, Yamakawa T, Kobayashi A, Yamamoto I, Mafune A, Nakada Y, Tannno Y, Tsuboi N, Yamamoto H, Yokoyama K, Ohkido I, Yokoo T, Luque Y, Anglicheau D, Rabant M, Clement R, Kreis H, Sartorius A, Noel LH, Timsit MO, Legendre C, Rancic N, Vavic N, Dragojevic-Simic V, Katic J, Jacimovic N, Kovacevic A, Mikov M, Veldhuijzen NMH, Rookmaaker MB, Van Zuilen AD, Nquyen TQ, Boer WH, Mjoen G, Pihlstrom H, Dahle DO, Holdaas H, Sahtout W, Ghezaiel H, Azzebi A, Ben Abdelkrim S, Guedri Y, Mrabet S, Nouira S, Ferdaws S, Amor S, Belarbia A, Zellama D, Mokni M, Achour A, Viklicky O, Parikova A, Slatinska J, Hanzal V, Fronek J, Orandi BJ, James NT, Montgomery RA, Desai NM, Segev DL, Fontana F, Ballestri M, Magistroni R, Damiano F, Cappelli G. TRANSPLANTATION CLINICAL 1. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Wu S, Yu H, Fan Y, Kong J, Yu X. Liver retraction using n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate glue during single-incision laparoscopic upper abdominal surgery. Br J Surg 2014; 101:546-9. [PMID: 24615563 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Liver retraction is critical in single-incision laparoscopic upper abdominal surgery. Several techniques have been reported. Some need an additional port, whereas others are complicated and time-consuming. METHODS n-Butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) glue was applied to bond the left lateral lobe of the liver to the diaphragm in different single-incision laparoscopic upper abdominal procedures. Liver adhesion time and duration of operation were recorded, and preoperative and postoperative liver function tests carried out. RESULTS All procedures were completed successfully without additional ports or special instruments. The technique provided adequate workspace and a clear view. Mean liver adhesion time was 1·5 min. The maximum operating time was 310 min. Levels of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases were raised on day 1 after surgery but had returned to normal by day 7. CONCLUSION Creating adhesion between the left lateral lobe of the liver and the diaphragm using NBCA glue is a simple, safe and effective way of achieving liver retraction in single-incision laparoscopic upper abdominal surgery.
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Harris D, Barts A, Connors J, Dahl M, Elliott T, Kong J, Keane T, Thompson D, Stafford S, Ur E, Sirrs S. Glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia is prevalent and unpredictable for patients undergoing cancer therapy: an observational cohort study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 20:e532-8. [PMID: 24311953 DOI: 10.3747/co.20.1499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with cancer are often treated with glucocorticoids (gcs) as part of therapy, which may cause hyperglycemia. We sought to define the prevalence of, and risk factors for, hyperglycemia in this setting. METHODS Adult patients taking gc as part of therapy protocols for primary brain tumour or metastasis, for lymphoma, or for bone marrow transplant (bmt) were screened with random glucometer measurements taken at least 3 hours after the last dose gcs. RESULTS We screened 90 patients [44.4% women, 55.6% men; mean age: 59.6 years (range: 25-82 years); mean body mass index (bmi): 26.4 kg/m(2) (range: 15.8-45.3 kg/m(2))] receiving gc as part of cancer treatment. Mean total daily gc dose in the group was 238.5 mg (range: 30-1067 mg) hydrocortisone equivalents. Hyperglycemia (glucose ≥ 8.0 mmol/L) was found in 58.9% (53 of 90), and diabetes mellitus (dm)-range hyperglycemia (glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L) in 18.9% (17 of 90). The mean time from gc ingestion to glucometer testing was 5.5 hours (range: 3-20 hours). Presence of hyperglycemia did not correlate with traditional dm risk factors such as age, sex, bmi, and personal or family history of dm. A longer interval from gc dose to testing (p < 0.05), a higher gc dose (p = 0.04), and a shorter interval between the preceding meal and testing (p = 0.02) were risk factors for hyperglycemia in some patient groups. CONCLUSIONS Glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia is common in patients undergoing cancer treatment and cannot be predicted by traditional risk factors for dm. We recommend that all cancer patients receiving gc be screened for hyperglycemia at least 4-6 hours after gc administration.
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Abuhusain H, Matin A, Qiao Q, Shen H, Daniels B, Laaksonen M, Teo C, Don A, McDonald K, Jahangiri A, De Lay M, Lu K, Park C, Carbonell S, Bergers G, Aghi MK, Anand M, Tucker-Burden C, Kong J, Brat DJ, Bae E, Smith L, Muller-Greven G, Yamada R, Nakano-Okuno M, Feng X, Hambardzumyan D, Nakano I, Gladson CL, Berens M, Jung S, Kim S, Kiefer J, Eschbacher J, Dhruv H, Vuori K, Hauser C, Oshima R, Finlay D, Aza-Blanc P, Bessarabova M, Nikolsky Y, Emig D, Bergers G, Lu K, Rivera L, Chang J, Burrell K, Singh S, Hill R, Zadeh G, Li C, Chen Y, Mei X, Sai K, Chen Z, Wang J, Wu M, Marsden P, Das S, Eskilsson E, Talasila KM, Rosland GV, Leiss L, Saed HS, Brekka N, Sakariassen PO, Lund-Johansen M, Enger PO, Bjerkvig R, Miletic H, Gawrisch V, Ruttgers M, Weigell P, Kerkhoff E, Riemenschneider M, Bogdahn U, Vollmann-Zwerenz A, Hau P, Ichikawa T, Onishi M, Kurozumi K, Maruo T, Fujii K, Ishida J, Shimazu Y, Oka T, Chiocca EA, Date I, Jain R, Griffith B, Khalil K, Scarpace L, Mikkelsen T, Kalkanis S, Schultz L, Jalali S, Chung C, Burrell K, Foltz W, Zadeh G, Jiang C, Wang H, Kijima N, Hosen N, Kagawa N, Hashimoto N, Chiba Y, Kinoshita M, Sugiyama H, Yoshimine T, Klank R, Decker S, Forster C, Price M, SantaCruz K, McCarthy J, Ohlfest J, Odde D, Kurozumi K, Onishi M, Ichikawa T, Fujii K, Ishida J, Shimazu Y, Chiocca EA, Kaur B, Date I, Huang Y, Lin Q, Mao H, Wang Y, Kogiso M, Baxter P, Man C, Wang Z, Zhou Y, Li XN, Liang J, Piao Y, de Groot J, Lu K, Rivera L, Chang J, Bergers G, McDonell S, Liang J, Piao Y, Henry V, Holmes L, de Groot J, Michaelsen SR, Stockhausen MT, Hans, Poulsen S, Rosland GV, Talasila KM, Eskilsson E, Jahedi R, Azuaje F, Stieber D, Foerster S, Varughese J, Ritter C, Niclou SP, Bjerkvig R, Miletic H, Talasila KM, Soentgerath A, Euskirchen P, Rosland GV, Wang J, Huszthy PC, Prestegarden L, Skaftnesmo KO, Sakariassen PO, Eskilsson E, Stieber D, Keunen O, Nigro J, Vintermyr OK, Lund-Johansen M, Niclou SP, Mork S, Enger PO, Bjerkvig R, Miletic H, Mohan-Sobhana N, Hu B, De Jesus J, Hollingsworth B, Viapiano M, Muller-Greven G, Carlin C, Gladson C, Nakada M, Furuta T, Sabit H, Chikano Y, Hayashi Y, Sato H, Minamoto T, Hamada JI, Fack F, Espedal H, Obad N, Keunen O, Gotlieb E, Sakariassen PO, Miletic H, Niclou SP, Bjerkvig R, Bougnaud S, Golebiewska A, Stieber D, Oudin A, Brons NHC, Bjerkvig R, Niclou SP, O'Halloran P, Viel T, Schwegmann K, Wachsmuth L, Wagner S, Kopka K, Dicker P, Faber C, Jarzabek M, Hermann S, Schafers M, O'Brien D, Prehn J, Jacobs A, Byrne A, Oka T, Ichikawa T, Kurozumi K, Inoue S, Fujii K, Ishida J, Shimazu Y, Chiocca EA, Date I, Olsen LS, Stockhausen M, Poulsen HS, Plate KH, Scholz A, Henschler R, Baumgarten P, Harter P, Mittelbronn M, Dumont D, Reiss Y, Rahimpour S, Yang C, Frerich J, Zhuang Z, Renner D, Jin F, Parney I, Johnson A, Rockne R, Hawkins-Daarud A, Jacobs J, Bridge C, Mrugala M, Rockhill J, Swanson K, Schneider H, Szabo E, Seystahl K, Weller M, Takahashi Y, Ichikawa T, Maruo T, Kurozumi K, Onishi M, Ouchida M, Fuji K, Shimazu Y, Oka T, Chiocca EA, Date I, Umakoshi M, Ichikawa T, Kurozumi K, Onishi M, Fujii K, Ishida J, Shimazu Y, Oka T, Chiocca EA, Kaur B, Date I, Sim H, Gruenbacher P, Jakeman L, Viapiano M, Wang H, Jiang C, Wang H, Jiang C, Parker J, Dionne K, Canoll P, DeMasters B, Waziri A. ANGIOGENESIS AND INVASION. Neuro Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adachi JI, Totake K, Shirahata M, Mishima K, Suzuki T, Yanagisawa T, Fukuoka K, Nishikawa R, Arimappamagan A, Manoj N, Mahadevan A, Bhat D, Arvinda H, Indiradevi B, Somanna S, Chandramouli B, Petterson SA, Hermansen SK, Dahlrot RH, Hansen S, Kristensen BW, Carvalho F, Jalali S, Singh S, Croul S, Aldape K, Zadeh G, Choi J, Park SH, Khang SK, Suh YL, Kim SP, Lee YS, Kim SH, Coberly S, Samayoa K, Liu Y, Kiaei P, Hill J, Patterson S, Damore M, Dahiya S, Emnett R, Phillips J, Haydon D, Leonard J, Perry A, Gutmann D, Epari S, Ahmed S, Gurav M, Raikar S, Moiyadi A, Shetty P, Gupta T, Jalali R, Georges J, Zehri A, Carlson E, Martirosyan N, Elhadi A, Nichols J, Ighaffari L, Eschbacher J, Feuerstein B, Anderson T, Preul M, Jensen K, Nakaji P, Girardi H, Monville F, Carpentier S, Giry M, Voss J, Jenkins R, Boisselier B, Frayssinet V, Poggionovo C, Catteau A, Mokhtari K, Sanson M, Peyro-Saint-Paul H, Giannini C, Hide T, Nakamura H, Makino K, Yano S, Anai S, Shinojima N, Kuroda JI, Takezaki T, Kuratsu JI, Higuchi F, Matsuda H, Iwata K, Ueki K, Kim P, Kong J, Cooper L, Wang F, Gao J, Teodoro G, Scarpace L, Mikkelsen T, Schniederjan M, Moreno C, Saltz J, Brat D, Cho U, Hong YK, Lee YS, Lober R, Lu L, Gephart MH, Fisher P, Miyazaki M, Nishihara H, Itoh T, Kato M, Fujimoto S, Kimura T, Tanino M, Tanaka S, Nguyen N, Moes G, Villano JL, Nishihara H, Kanno H, Kato Y, Tanaka S, Ohnishi T, Harada H, Ohue S, Kouno S, Inoue A, Yamashita D, Okamoto S, Nitta M, Muragaki Y, Maruyama T, Sawada T, Komori T, Saito T, Okada Y, Omay SB, Gunel JM, Clark VE, Li J, Omay EZE, Serin A, Kolb LE, Hebert RM, Bilguvar K, Ozduman K, Pamir MN, Kilic T, Baehring J, Piepmeier JM, Brennan CW, Huse J, Gutin PH, Yasuno K, Vortmeyer A, Gunel M, Perry A, Pugh S, Rogers CL, Brachman D, McMillan W, Jenrette J, Barani I, Shrieve D, Sloan A, Mehta M, Prabowo A, Iyer A, Veersema T, Anink J, Meeteren ASV, Spliet W, van Rijen P, Ferrier T, Capper D, Thom M, Aronica E, Chharchhodawala T, Sable M, Sharma MC, Sarkar C, Suri V, Singh M, Santosh V, Thota B, Srividya M, Sravani K, Shwetha S, Arivazhagan A, Thennarasu K, Chandramouli B, Hegde A, Kondaiah P, Somasundaram K, Rao M, Santosh V, Kumar VP, Thota B, Shastry A, Arivazhagan A, Thennarasu K, Kondaiah P, Shastry A, Narayan R, Thota B, Somanna S, Thennarasu K, Arivazhagan A, Santosh V, Shastry A, Naz S, Thota B, Thennarasu K, Arivazhagan A, Somanna S, Santosh V, Kondaiah P, Venneti S, Garimella M, Sullivan L, Martinez D, Huse J, Heguy A, Santi M, Thompson C, Judkins A, Voronovich Z, Chen L, Clark K, Walsh M, Mannas J, Horbinski C, Wiestler B, Capper D, Holland-Letz T, Korshunov A, von Deimling A, Pfister SM, Platten M, Weller M, Wick W, Zieman G, Dardis C, Ashby L, Eschbacher J. PATHOLOGY. Neuro Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/not184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kita M, Fox RJ, Phillips JT, Hutchinson M, Havrdova E, Sarda SP, Agarwal S, Kong J, Zhang A, Viglietta V, Sheikh SI, Seidman E, Dawson KT. Effects of BG-12 (dimethyl fumarate) on health-related quality of life in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: findings from the CONFIRM study. Mult Scler 2013; 20:253-7. [PMID: 24150778 DOI: 10.1177/1352458513507818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) has a significant impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with symptoms adversely affecting many aspects of everyday living. BG-12 (dimethyl fumarate) demonstrated significant efficacy in the phase III studies DEFINE and CONFIRM in patients with relapsing-remitting MS. In CONFIRM, HRQoL was worse in patients with greater disability at baseline, and who relapsed during the study, and improved with BG-12 treatment. Mean Short Form-36 Physical Component Summary scores for BG-12 increased over 2 years and scores for placebo decreased. Coupled with clinical and neuroradiological benefits, these HRQoL results further support BG-12 as an effective oral treatment for relapsing MS.
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Han C, Wang L, Zhu S, Tian H, Dang R, Kong J. The Application Value Study of Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging(DWI) in Target Volume Determination of Esophageal Carcinoma Treatment Using 3DCRT or IMRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kita M, Fox R, Gold R, Giovannoni G, Phillips J, Sarda S, Kong J, Kurukulasuriya N, Viglietta V, Sheikh S, Dawson K, Kappos L. BG-12 effects on quality of life in relapsing–/INS;remitting ms patients: Integrated analysis of the Phase 3 DEFINE and CONFIRM studies. J Neurol Sci 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.1346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wang L, Han C, Zhu S, Tian H, Dang R, Kong J. Investigation of Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DWI) to Evaluate the Therapeutic Effect and Prognosis of Esophageal Carcinoma Treatment Using 3DCRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.06.748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Fan WW, Fan XD, Tian W, Liao XQ, Zhang WB, Mu CG, Kong J. Poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(tetrahydrofuran)-poly(ethylene glycol) triblock copolymer : Synthesis, crystallization behavior and novel morphology. EXPRESS POLYM LETT 2013. [DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Fujita M, Zhang R, Nakata S, Kuzushima K, Wainwright DA, Balyasnikova IV, Auffinger B, Ahmed AU, Han Y, Lesniak MS, Knight A, Arnouk H, Gillespie GY, Britt W, Su Y, Lowdell MW, Lamb LS, Wang J, Leiss L, Choi BD, Kuan CT, Cai M, Bigner DD, Sampson JH, Shibahara I, Saito R, Zhang R, Kanamori M, Sonoda Y, Kumabe T, Kikuchi T, So T, Ishii N, Tominaga T, Zhang L, Wang H, Zhang I, Chen X, Da Fonseca A, Fan H, Badie B, Sayour EJ, McLendon P, Reynolds R, Bigner DD, Sampson JH, McLendon R, Mitchell DA, Sayour EJ, Sanchez-Perez L, Pham C, Snyder D, Xie W, Cui X, Bigner DD, Sampson JH, Mitchell DA, McConnell MJ, Broadley KW, Farrand K, Authier A, Brown JH, Hunn M, Hermans I, Cantini G, Pisati F, Pessina S, Finocchiaro G, Pellegatta S, Yeung JT, Hamilton R, Pollack I, Jakacki R, Okada H, Sanchez-Perez L, Choi B, Snyder D, Cui X, Schmittling RJ, Flores C, Johnson L, Archer GA, Bigner DD, Mitchell DA, Sampson JH, Raychaudhuri B, Rayman P, Huang P, Ireland J, Donnola S, Hamburdzumyan D, Finke J, Vogelbaum MA, Batich K, Snyder D, Xie W, Reap E, Archer G, Sampson J, Mitchell D, Martin AM, Nirschl C, Polanczyk M, Cohen KJ, Pardoll DM, Drake CG, Lim M, Rutledge WC, Kong J, Gao J, Gutman DA, Cooper LA, Chisolm C, Scarpace L, Mikkelsen T, Saltz JH, Moreno CS, Brat DJ, Everson RG, Lisiero DN, Soto H, Liau LM, Prins RM, Zhang L, Gonzalez GC, Chae M, Peterson TE, Parney IF, Chae M, Peterson TE, Johnson AJ, Parney IF. LAB-IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH. Neuro Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nos223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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